Places: 35
According to legend, Korostyshiv arose back in the 6th–7th centuries — back then the settlement was called Khminychi and was a center of the Drevlyan tribe of the Minchany. The first written mention i...
In the ancient Polissian town of Ovruch, which was called Vruchiy in the times of Kievan Rus, stands a church whose history spans nearly nine centuries. This is St. Basil's Church (Holy Basil Cathedra...
Amidst the Polissian landscapes of Zhytomyr region, in the village of Horbuliv, hides one of the most fascinating and at the same time most tragic monuments of sacred architecture in the region — the ...
On the banks of the Sluch River, in the Romaniv hromada, lies the village of Vilkha (historical name — Ulkha). One of the most luxurious aristocratic residences of 19th-century Volhynia once stood her...
In early May 1986, the residents of the village of Tovstyi Lis were evacuated within a matter of days — forever. Along with them, the living parish community of the Holy Resurrection Church left the e...
The masonry Church of the Ascension of the Lord in the village of Andrushky in the Zhytomyr region was built in 1850–1859 on the site of an older wooden church. Today, it is one of the main historical...
In the village of Topory in Ruzhyn hromada stand the ruins of the Holy Trinity Church — a place that looks abandoned today, but was once an important spiritual center. This is one of those sites where...
At the beginning of the 19th century, Zhytomyr, despite its status as a provincial center, looked spiritually and architecturally impoverished from an Orthodox perspective. When the city officially be...
Zhytomyr region is not always associated with popular tourist routes, but it is here that places capable of surprising even experienced travelers are hidden. One of them is the Church of Saint Clara i...
The Monastery of the Discalced Carmelites in Berdychiv is not just an architectural monument, but a place where religion, wars, politics, and the fate of an entire region are intertwined. Its history ...
The urban-type settlement of Chervone lies southwest of Andrushivka, in the Berdychiv district of Zhytomyr Oblast, and is the center of the Chervone hromada. According to the 2001 census, 2,974 people...
The urban-type settlement of Horodnytsia lies northwest of Zviahel (until 2022 — Novohrad-Volynskyi), on the picturesque banks of the Sluch River. It is the center of the Horodnytsia hromada in Zviahe...
